Nuts & Bolts of Reasonable Accommodation
Logistics
Date & Time: October 7, 2025 9:30am – 2pm EST
Location: Silver Spring, MD (In-person) OR Online via Zoom for Government
Instructor: Deryn Sumner
Course Summary
This course contains an overview of the process of responding to reasonable accommodation requests from employees on the basis of disability. The course includes how an employee establishes coverage as an individual with a disability, discussion of the requirement that the employee be qualified for the position they hold or seek to hold, and an agency’s obligation to provide an effective accommodation to such employees, absent a showing of undue hardship. The course will include best practices on responding to requests for reasonable accommodations, and how to address performance and conduct issues where the employee has requested or has a reasonable accommodation. The course will also discuss the most often¬ requested accommodations, leave and telework, and what obligations agencies have and best practices for responding to those requests.